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Increased government deficit spending will increase imports, expanding the trade deficit, because anything that increases spending and incomes in the economy will result in some additional spending on imports. But, lo and behold, saving and investment balance out automatically—largely through changes in profits—not just in a theoretical closed economy but also in a real one conducting trade with the rest of the world.

There is little discussion of the real constraint on monetary policy: oversized global balance sheets and the consequent dependence of global stability on low interest rates. Sufficient increases in either short- or long-term interest rates would lead to financial instability, and 2018 is likely to bring more of each.

A slew of recent data continue to paint a rosy picture of the euro area economy, and we expect sustained momentum over the next couple of quarters. Yet intra-euro-area economic disparities could create future challenges for the ECB.

Thoughts on being long equities in a time of high asset valuations, enormous corporate leverage, and dependence on unusually low interest rates. Figuring out when enough dominoes have been knocked over to assure a general collapse may be tricky.